Saskatchewan, 1895. Spencer Pearse stands outside the cabin he built for a bride he hopes is on the way—or is he still waiting for Val, the boyhood friend who once shared grand dreams of raising horses far from the gaze of their fathers?On the other side of the Frenchman River is Josie Grant, who has prayed for eight years for a baby. She loves her husband, a deaf homesteader who paints and sings, but this won’t do.While a half-mad Josie follows a hint from the Lord, Spence...

"A captivating, untold portrait of Belle Jane, a larger than life woman who led a gang of cattle thieves in Saskatchewan in the 1920s — defying social conventions and living a life full of rebellion." —CBC BooksA debut novel by an exciting new voice in Canadian literature, I Want to Die in My Boots weaves fact and fiction to tell the true-ish story of horse thief Belle Jane.I Want to Die in My Boots is the untold ...